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ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES WHICH, IF ALLOCATED MORE STEEL, COULD

EXPAND THEIR EXPORTS

The industries listed below have considerable export orders which, for lack of steel, they are unable to fulfil. As will be seen, the sale price of their products is high in relation to the weight of materials consumed.

:

Value of Product

per ton of Materials

Current Exports (Annual Rate)

£

£000's

Office Machinery and Typewriters

Hosiery Machinery

...

2,000

10,200

1,750

4,413

Portable Power Tools

1,200

4,090

Tobacco Machinery

1,050

2.895

Refrigeration Plant

540

4,305

Power Station Equipment

450

80,500

Sewing Machines

430

9,384

Motor Vehicles

360

278,400

Internal Combustion Engines

335

34,374

Hand Tools

320

18,326

...

Contractors' Plant and Industrial Tractors...

295

21.590

Agricultural Tractors ...

285

54,420

Furnace Plant

280

1,411

Chemical and Gas Plant, Oil Refinery Equip-

ment

270

3,750

Coal Mining and Preparation Plant

260

5,028

Lifting and Hauling Equipment

255

6,140

Locomotives, Carriages, Wagons and Rail-

way Equipment

210

29,235

...

Boilers, Boiler-House Plant

200

4,080

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